Mere Christianity, Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, CS Lewis brings up two different ways of looking at the
universe, what he calls Materialist and Religious. The materialist,
he says, takes the view that things just happen to exist the way they
are, and that humans arise from chance. The religious view, on the
other hand, sees that the universe is something more than an
incredible amount of chance. Lewis describes it as a mind, and that
description seems as good as any to me.

He then goes on to show that there really is no conflict between
science and religion, because science is limited to asking questions
about how things work, and religion is fundamentally about why those
things that scientists study exist. As a result, one cannot
scientifically prove god, but must extrapolate based on his own
experience.

Lewis' argument goes that since we feel some sort of universal moral
law directing us that comes from beyond the physical realm, then that
implies that there is something directing everything from beyond the
physical realm. This sort of approach seems reasonable, but as I
don't see any moral law coming from beyond the physical realm, his
proof seems to fall a little bit short. Perhaps Lewis need not bother
with the moral element to prove his 'director of the universe' idea.

One trying to prove his argument without morality may observe that
the laws of physics themselves do in fact direct everything, but are
not themselves physical. We call them properties of objects, or
forces that act upon them. But what is are they themselves? What made
them? Are they physical stuff, or just something beyond that effects
physical objects? What about our consciousness? It is what makes each
of us unique, but do we really know what it is?

Perhaps this is what Lewis meant by god - some sort of thing that
directs and moves about all physical things, even ourselves, through
means that we do not understand but can observe the effects of.
Interesting.